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But Other wanderings you shall find^ 

 Of various power to stir the mind. 

 Of Pence, the embowering wood explore, — 

 Of pleasure there an ample store; 

 Scenes which the artist, charm'd, shall trace, 

 And on his canvass lay with grace: 

 There pensive, tranquil thought might dwell ; 

 There, too, might hermit choose his cell; 

 And there, the lords of the domain, 

 The WARBLERS, hold triumphant reign. 



Obedient now to Pleasure's wand, 

 Let Beck EN HAM your steps command: 

 The region, if not classic, such 

 You scarcely can admire too much. 

 Behold its churchyard picturesque. 

 With gates that trench on the grotesque ; 

 Then pass through grove and sombre glade, 

 For poet's haunt in autumn made. 

 The whirring pheasant here may too. 

 At eve or morning startle you. 

 As from the wood, with sudden spring, 

 She flies on heavy, labouring wing. 



"When at Forest-hill \X winds between woods ; and Iheiicp, 

 pa.ssing on llirough Sydenham, it again winds through Penge-icood 

 to Croydon. For several miles, while on the elevation, there are no 

 lacks; hence, from its sinuous course, it adds consideraMy ta 

 the very beautiful scenery through which it parses. 



